Which Designer Will Dress Melania for the Inaugural Ball? — Page 3

Javero and Petra -

I told myself in this time of coming darkness (not nighttime), I was going to be kind to people; your posts are making me struggle.

Well, one for the road, I could not possibly care what Melania wears to balls. So, what if she speaks 5 languages; she's an idiot in everyone of them. The claim she has a college degree is a lie. And Javero, your plea for Melania to jumpstart the textile industry makes me vomit. She could care less.

I should try to pity you, but I don't have the strength.

Sorry, still getting through the whole thing and the line I am most obsessed with is "Melania has already upped the fashion stakes nationwide."



HAHAHAHAHAHA!



Melania has really upped the stakes for what kind of cloth she drapes over her frame! Just like her husband has upped the stakes for brown people who want to remain alive for another year!

Perhaps if she had hit the scene sooner she would have been able to save the company from bankruptcy.

#MissedOpportunities

Petra,

The Obama daughters have been quite the trend setters style-wise and would have been even more so had they been 18 or over at the time of their dad's first inauguration. But, I tend to agree with you, all of the Trump ladies are poised to become style-stars, especially Ivanka and Tiffany. That said, I still believe that Melania is within the sweet-spot age-wise to completely slay the DC social scene. Arguably, the bigwigs in town tend to skew older than in places like NYC and LAX. Just think of all the wives of the Senators and Representatives who will either quietly envy or emulate Melania.

Melania is going to cast a spell over the region. Hopefully, she'll breathe life into the joke known as DC Fashion Week. Please check out a local Anna Wintour-wannabee's blog entry below for more on that topic.

Haute on the Hill

Updated On: 11/11/16 at 09:09 AM

Scarywarhol said: "Just like her husband has upped the stakes for brown people who want to remain alive for another year!"

This is definitely threadjacking on my part, but... have you forgotten that Obama has been sending drones to kill people in the Middle East - many of them completely innocent - for years? One of them was an American teenager; after the fact, a member of the Obama administration explained that it was his fault for having a bad father (who had earlier been killed by a different drone).

Why don't I hear constant uproar from liberals/progressives about this? Why do the objections seem to come mainly from libertarians - and even the occasional Republican? That is not to the progressive movement's credit.

I despise Trump, but I don't think anyone can in good conscience deny the fact that the difference in evil is a matter of degree. Obama has done plenty of butchery.

All I know is the celebrity guest list and entertainment at the ball will be the who's who of who's that? Scott Baio, Gary Busey, Tila Tequila, Stacey Dash, and The Duck Dynasty. Who wore it better-Ann Coulter or Tila Tequila?

Updated On: 11/11/16 at 01:59 PM

Her life will never be the same. The threats are likely the tip of the iceberg. Her father is the most polarizing figure on the planet right now. Deja vu. Life for the Obamas has not been a walk in the part either.

Does a designer risk hurting their brand by dressing the Trumps? Might celebs avoid them because of it?

They actually teach History, Arts, Languages and do not give out Trophies for attendance.

That describes my public American school, which also taught agriculture, IT, trade skills and college-level advanced academics.

That is disgusting JAVERO. I dont understand what he hoped to accomplish with such a hateful remark.

MADBRIAN, I think NYTIMES has your answer about them avoiding the Trumps:

Not one designer contacted said they would not dress Mrs. Trump if she asked, though Ms. von Furstenberg noted that Mrs. Trump may not need anyone’s help. “I’m sure she knows what to do,” she said, given that Mrs. Trump is a former model.

Mr. Altuzarra, who pointed out that Ivanka Trump has worn his clothes, got a little tangled up in his negatives but said, “I don’t want to not dress people I disagree with.”

Mr. Wainwright echoed his words: “It would be hypocritical to say no to dressing a Trump. If we say we are about inclusivity and making American manufacturing great again, then we have to put that before personal political beliefs.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/13/fashion/donald-trump-melania-trump-anna-wintour-fashion.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur&_r=0

Updated On: 11/15/16 at 10:13 AM

"The solvency of the American Fashion Industry is not reliant on the Trump women."

The issue in the context of a Trump administration is where the clothes will be manufactured and whether enough clothing & textile jobs will return to US shores. We all know that Anna Wintour and the designers themselves don't actually make the over-priced garb that they peddle. They send out the designs to clothing manufacturers. See Domestic vs. Overseas Clothing Manufacturers

A service economy alone is not going to return enough middle-class jobs to those mainly rural counties that overwhelmingly supported Trump. We have to return to actually making products in the US other than bad movies, salon products, and apps. Not everyone can work in theatrical/film production, in STEM jobs, in health services, or as bloggers.

I personally am not in favor of runaway protectionism but if NAFTA and similar trade agreements place any domestic industrial sector at a significant disadvantage in the international marketplace then I encourage President-elect Trump and his transition team to devise a plan to bring about parity. Conversely, we shouldn't tolerate US-chartered multinational corporations squeezing small countries out of food production thanks to farm subsidies provided by US taxpayers. Supporters of those subsidies have always claimed that they help offset the unbalanced tariffs that the US is subject to on imported food. I'm not conflating the two issues either. Tariffs are tariffs and I'm anxious to discover how Team Trump will sort it all out with respect to both textile/clothing manufacturing and food production. If interested, there's more on the topic of farm subsidies from the Cato Institute at the link below.

Should the United States Cut Its Farm Subsidies?

Updated On: 11/15/16 at 11:23 AM